The involvement of the NRA occurs with helping Britain in WWII, collecting more then 7,000 firearms to defend them from the German’s. Britain at the time did not have the amount of firearms because of control laws enacted and appreciated the great deal of help from the NRA. After the NRA helped with WWII they

began to focus on educating and training for hunting purposes. This was started in the state of New York by educating young hunters due to the rising interest in hunting. This occurred in 1949 and is still around becoming one of the safest sports there are. Basic skills are taught as well as advanced and today there are 43 states allowing these courses to be taught and almost 40,000 gamesmen.

After September 11th being somewhat ironic actually helped the NRA in giving them some decision-making skills about protection for pilots for the future. Should pilots keep a loaded firearm in the cockpit for their protection. This is now a common topic in congress to come to a decision before something like September 11th could happen again. Pilots feel that carrying a firearm in the cockpit would help them out if indeed a situation occurred and this would give them full control of the airplane. The NRA is continually pulling for guns to be positioned in the cockpit and educated about how to use a gun as well. The NRA feels that if the pilots of September 11th had a firearm then there would never have been the tragedies that occurred during that day. “But they say the Sept. 11 attacks may have helped their cause. "People feel the need to protect themselves and their loved ones," said Randy Kozuch, the rifle association's chief of lobbying in the states” (Copyright 2002!

Another major issue that the NRA has faced was about soft money and hard money knowing the difference. Hard money is illegal and many allegations pointed toward the NRA giving money to Republican candidates. Wayne R. LaPierre, executive vice president of the NRA admitted giving 1.5 million in soft money to the Republican Party and giving his opinion of not wanting to get involved in the argument of what kind of money is being donated. President Bush along with most candidates has taken soft money to run their campaign and the NRA has been a large provider to the Republican Party. Republicans have a better understanding for the needs of the NRA according to them with believing in many of their firearm opinions.

In conclusion, the NRA has very strong views about gun laws, security and safety, knowledge for constitutional rights, and the political feelings of having their ways portrayed in mainframe. The NRA has a very strong political appeal by being able to raise a great deal of money and active members in the Republican Party portray the NRA’s feelings. In my opinion I believe that

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